In San Francisco it is OK to screw employees

San Francisco Chronicle:

San Francisco supervisors voted down a measure Tuesday that would have barred city managers from engaging in sexual relationships with their employees - a thinly veiled swipe at Mayor Gavin Newsom's admitted affair with a staffer, who also was his campaign manager's wife.

The measure failed with an overwhelming 10-1 vote, with only Supervisor Chris Daly, the legislation's sponsor, voting in favor of it.

"It is common practice in the corporate work setting where managers ... are held accountable and these types of relationships are not tolerated," Daly said.

The measure would have prohibited city managers from "engaging in romantic or sexual relationships" with employees.

Earlier this year, Newsom acknowledged having an affair with his commission appointments secretary, who at the time was the wife of his campaign manager.

The mayor's spokesman Nathan Ballad said, "Chris Daly has no business poking around in anybody's personal life."

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What will this do to the sexual harassment cases in San Francisco? One thing we learned from the Clinton Lewinski fiasco, is that it is OK for Democrats to use their positions of power to take advantage of others.